Twas the night before Christmas (The Other Day) And I was making pies. Several were pumpkin, Hey, that’s no surprise. I also made cookies, Which can be quite the chore. I mixed flour and sugar and candy chunks galore. When they were done baking, I placed them in jars. Doesn’t it all sound just delightful …
My wife cried The Other Day…, after she hung up the phone. As I walked into the room, she looked at me with those sad, disappointed eyes, and said, “They cancelled my surgery.” Then she continued to express her disappointment through her tears. I have no way of expressing how we both were feeling at the moment. We had …
It is April 20th, 2018 and this article is critical to me. You see, The Other day, I remembered that this Friday is my Daughter’s Death Day. Writing this article is difficult for me. However, when I think of my little girl (which is continuous), and share the best parts of her with people who …
Here I sit, on October 4, remembering my daughter on her birthday. I have always tried to dress up on this day by wearing a nice shirt and the “Sponge Bob” tie that Alison bought me all those years ago. My wife, who, unfortunately, has to work today, is getting ready to leave, and all …
I absolutely hate this date. However, while trying to write about this date, I realized that all I really wanted to do was to attempt something funny and try not to get too depressed and think too much. Heck, we are all pretty much depressed these days anyway, aren’t we? This year, while we are all basically …
I would like to use the tenth anniversary of my daughter’s death to address something that has been on my mind. I miss my daughter more than I can stand at times, but I decided that instead of writing this The Other Day… and explaining all the wonderful the traits of our daughter, like how smart and funny and …
It happens every year, whether we want it or not. Most of the time we do. And, even if it does kind of rub our noses in the fact that Boo, our daughter, is having another birthday and she’s not here to celebrate it, we are still going to remember the day, celebrate her life, and …
The Other Day…V3, #164, Happy Birthday, Baby Girl! Read More »
For those of you who don’t know me, I try to be a helpful person. However, along with the helpfulness comes a certain amount of carelessness. Allow me to explain. The Other Day, my wife and I were coming home from the gym. I had already parked my car and was waiting for my good …
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Everyone, sitting before me is my dog, Varian. Varian, everyone reading this essay is looking at you. He’s sitting there looking at me as if I were as weird as he thinks I am. But the truth is I wanted to write another essay about my dog. Because there have been comments about him because …
